Comedy Quotes by Matt Groening

9 Comedy quotes by Matt Groening

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Matt Groening’s nine jokes capture the quirky, offbeat tone of his animated worlds, offering a brief, fun glimpse.

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Everybody doesn't have to get every joke. People really appreciate not being condescended to.

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Science fiction and comedy are generally a pretty bumpy mix.

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The French are funny, sex is funny, and comedies are funny, yet no French sex comedies are funny.

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The tendency in comedy is to have a character who's stupid get more stupid, because you're trying to top yourself and not…

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I think people who work in comedy and humor are hesitant to analyze it too much, because you feel like if you…

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Humor does depend on surprise, and the things that people remember as the funniest things in the world, you look at later…

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Anxiety and hostility seem to be a great part of good and bad humor. Examining humor too closely does seem to destroy…

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The nice thing about 'Futurama' for me personally was that it was a way to honor some of the traditional ideas in…

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Nihilism in American comedy came along way before 'The Simpsons.' There was a fairly nihilistic point of view to 'Saturday Night Live,'…

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Do my worst, eh? Smithers, release the robotic Richard Simmons." --Mr. Burns

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I draw a weekly comic strip called Life in Hell, which is syndicated in about 250 newspapers. That's what I did before The Simpsons,…

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We've got a bunch of new writers now who tell me they grew up watching The Simpsons. It's bizarre, and they're writing some very…

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When authorities warn you of the sinfulness of sex, there is an important lesson to be learned. Do not have sex with the authorities.

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I was always frightened by taverns. They just seemed like very unpleasant places to go.

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There's always room out there for the hand-drawn image. I personally like the imperfection of hand drawing as opposed to the slick look of…

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People go into cartooning because they're shy and they're angry. That's when you're sitting in the back of a classroom drawing the teacher.

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Keep your expectations tiny you'll go through life not so whiney.

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Cartooning is for people who can't quite draw and can't quite write. You combine the two half-talents and come up with a career.

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On 'The Simpsons,' I will say that we definitely like to comment on what's going on in the world, and we try to be…

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First you get the sugar, then you get the power, then you get the women.

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The tendency in comedy is to have a character who's stupid get more stupid, because you're trying to top yourself and not just repeat.

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'The Simpsons' from the very beginning was based on our memories of brash '60s sitcoms - you had a main title theme that was…

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The conundrum that I face on a daily basis is that I have two sons who have grown up watching 'The Simpsons,' so they…

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